Comments on: Mancini! Siete paura? http://www.serieamerica.com/blog/2007/12/01/mancini-siete-paura/ For North American fans of the Italian game Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:40:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vin http://www.serieamerica.com/blog/2007/12/01/mancini-siete-paura/#comment-118 Vin Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:24:21 +0000 http://www.serieamerica.com/blog/2007/12/01/mancini-siete-paura/#comment-118 I don't know, Chris... Check out last season's results, and sort them by goals against; Fiorentina did pretty well. Granted, A LOT of it is Frey, as you pointed out, but Pasqual and co. are quite solid. Up front, they haven't taken the hit I expected following the loss of Toni. They even have some depth. (When Mutu is out, that kid Osvaldo or whatever his name is steps in and does a good job. Plus, they have Bobo.) Semioli and Montolivio are good in midfield, although otherwise, I think they have a hole or two in that area. In truth, I don't think they're as good as Roma or Inter, but as you know, in calcio, sometimes the best team doesn't win. Here Mancini's making it sound as though they're not even contenders, but look at the numbers; they're only four points back with plenty of season left. I call that contending. The Viola are in the thick of it, as are Roma and Udine. As for their *meh* UEFA record, remember what we saw with Roma last CL campaign; a squad can kick a** in its own league, only to be cr*pped on in a European tourney... and vice versa (Milan). I don’t know, Chris… Check out last season’s results, and sort them by goals against; Fiorentina did pretty well. Granted, A LOT of it is Frey, as you pointed out, but Pasqual and co. are quite solid. Up front, they haven’t taken the hit I expected following the loss of Toni. They even have some depth. (When Mutu is out, that kid Osvaldo or whatever his name is steps in and does a good job. Plus, they have Bobo.) Semioli and Montolivio are good in midfield, although otherwise, I think they have a hole or two in that area.

In truth, I don’t think they’re as good as Roma or Inter, but as you know, in calcio, sometimes the best team doesn’t win. Here Mancini’s making it sound as though they’re not even contenders, but look at the numbers; they’re only four points back with plenty of season left. I call that contending. The Viola are in the thick of it, as are Roma and Udine.

As for their *meh* UEFA record, remember what we saw with Roma last CL campaign; a squad can kick a** in its own league, only to be cr*pped on in a European tourney… and vice versa (Milan).

]]> By: chris http://www.serieamerica.com/blog/2007/12/01/mancini-siete-paura/#comment-117 chris Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:22:12 +0000 http://www.serieamerica.com/blog/2007/12/01/mancini-siete-paura/#comment-117 Now why would we want Inter to get any Italian players? It just makes them easier to hate. Mancio is one of the dumbest people alive, but I have to agree here. Fiorentina is not scudetto material yet. They can have too many holes on the back end, especially the back end of midfield, and are often saved by Frey (very often). You can only tiptoe for so long. They've been on a nice run, but they still have a lot to prove in demanding times. (Plus, if not for David Pizarro's penchant for passing to anybody but those on his own team, they would've lost at least twice by now. That and their UEFA Cup record is piss poor for a scudetto contender - aside from Elfsborg.) Now why would we want Inter to get any Italian players? It just makes them easier to hate.

Mancio is one of the dumbest people alive, but I have to agree here. Fiorentina is not scudetto material yet. They can have too many holes on the back end, especially the back end of midfield, and are often saved by Frey (very often). You can only tiptoe for so long. They’ve been on a nice run, but they still have a lot to prove in demanding times. (Plus, if not for David Pizarro’s penchant for passing to anybody but those on his own team, they would’ve lost at least twice by now. That and their UEFA Cup record is piss poor for a scudetto contender – aside from Elfsborg.)

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